Oak Hill Solar 1 and Solar 2 Lease Agreement

  Lease Description for Eden Renewables Oak Hill Solar 1 and Solar 2   read Lease Description Oak Hill Solar 1 PDF   read Lease Description Oak Hill Solar 2 PDF   Town Board Meeting 9 January 2020.   PILOT Documents and Lease description were not provided to the public at the meeting. The Lease … [Read more…]

Duanesburg Town Board Meeting January 9, 2020

  Agenda Duanesburg Town Board Meeting January 9, 2020 PDF Local Law 1 of 2020 Six Month Solar Moratorium PILOT Oak Hill Solar 1 and Oak Hill Solar 2 DRAFT PILOT not provided with Agenda   source: post by Town of Duanesburg 9 January 2020 at 9:40 AM   Edit March 4, 2020: Lease descriptions … [Read more…]

Town of Glen Planning Board Meeting Minutes January 8, 2020

  “Old Business Eden Renewables: Travis Mitchell, of EPI Engineering, representing Eden Renewables, presented updated renderings of the proposed Van Epps and Mohawk View solar arrays. Travis noted that a higher density panel was being proposed, as this reduced the footprint of the projects. The desire was to stay away from slopes on the properties … [Read more…]

Solar Savings for New York State Municipalities

  “In New York State, installed solar capacity has increased from a mere 27 Megawatts (MW) in 2011 to more than 1,342 Megawatts in 2019. Thats an increase of nearly 5,000 percent!”   read the entire article   New York State Association of Towns page 22. Talk of The Town. 2020.       Talk … [Read more…]

New solar law “threatens” potential Berne solar farm

  “TJA Clean Energy, the company that submitted a letter of intent to the town of Berne shortly before the town council adopted industrial-scale solar facility regulations on Dec. 17, told The Enterprise this week that their hopes of proposing a solar farm spanning up to 25 acres are complicated by the new law. The … [Read more…]

How to talk to Town Hall

  Try to talk and email with your Town leaders.   If they choose not to communicate then:   Submit a Freedom of Information Request to the Town Clerk. The Town has five days to respond to your request and 30 days to provide the information.   If you want documents that will be discussed … [Read more…]

Sensible Solar Summit

Wednesday January 22, 2020 from 4- 8 PM Christ Episcopal Church 132 Duanesburg Churches Road, Duanesburg NY 12056     PARTICIPANTS Tara Donadino – Capital District Regional Planning Commission Richard Perez – Atmospheric Sciences Research Center SUNY Albany Tracy Boomhower – Country View Realty – Real estate trends near solar plants     For information … [Read more…]

New York State Comptroller

  Audit No: 214M-338 Audit Year: 2015 Release Date: 04/28/2015 Audit Name: Schenectady County Industrial Development Agency Project Approval and Monitoring (IDA) Report: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/ida/2015/schenectadyco.htm Summary: SCIDA officials monitored job creation performance by collecting data from businesses on an annual basis, but because it did not include recapture provisions in its PILOT agreements, they were unable … [Read more…]